The Politburo 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

the 18th politburo named @ congress. within 17th politburo, eleven members born after 1945. of these, 7 named standing committee (see above); , remaining three, liu yandong, li yuanchao, , wang yang, retained politburo seats. bo xilai suspended politburo prior congress. 14 members of 17th politburo born prior 1945 relinquished politburo membership due having reached mandatory retirement age of 68 @ time of congress. conversely, meant members of 17th politburo born after 1945 (except bo xilai) maintained politburo membership.

since majority of members of 17th politburo retired @ congress, fifteen seats on 18th politburo filled newcomers. notable additions politburo included wang huning, became first head of party s central policy research office hold seat on politburo; li zhanshu, former guizhou party chief took on head of party s general office; meng jianzhu, former minister of public security took on portfolio of central legal , political affairs commission; , hu chunhua , sun zhengcai, 2 officials born after 1960 took on major regional party leadership posts in guangdong , chongqing, respectively, following congress.

by convention, members listed in stroke order of surnames.

ma kai (born 1947), vice premier
wang huning (born 1955), director of policy research office of cpc central committee
liu yandong (born 1945), vice premier
liu qibao (born 1953), secretary of cpc central secretariat, head of cpc propaganda department
xu qiliang (born 1950), vice chairman of central military commission
sun chunlan (born 1950), party chief of tianjin (until 2014); head of cpc united front work department
sun zhengcai (born 1963), party chief of chongqing (until 2017; expelled)
li jianguo (born 1946), vice-chairman , secretary-general of national people s congress
li yuanchao (born 1950), vice president of people s republic of china
wang yang (born 1955), vice premier
zhang chunxian (born 1953), party chief of xinjiang (until 2016); deputy leader, leading group party building
fan changlong (born 1947), vice chairman of central military commission
meng jianzhu (born 1947), head of central politics , law commission of communist party of china
zhao leji (born 1957), secretary of cpc central secretariat, head of cpc organization department
hu chunhua (born 1963), party chief of guangdong
li zhanshu (born 1950), secretary of cpc central secretariat, chief of general office of communist party of china
guo jinlong (born 1947), party chief of beijing (until 2017); vice chairman, central guidance commission on building spiritual civilization
han zheng (born 1954), party chief of shanghai


leaving politburo


bo xilai expelled politburo before 18th national congress due wang lijun incident , other violations.
wang gang, vice chairman of cppcc national committee
wang lequan, deputy secretary of political , legislative affairs committee
wang zhaoguo, vice chairman of national people s congress, chair of all-china federation of trade unions
hui liangyu, 2nd ranked vice premier
liu qi, party chief of beijing, head of beijing olympics organizing committee
li changchun, chairman of central guidance commission building spiritual civilization
wu bangguo, chairman of standing committee of national people s congress
zhou yongkang, secretary of political , legislative affairs committee
hu jintao, cpc general secretary, prc president, chairman of central military commission
he guoqiang, secretary of central commission discipline inspection
jia qinglin, chairman of national committee of chinese people s political consultative conference
xu caihou, vice-chairman of central military commission
guo boxiong, vice-chairman of central military commission
wen jiabao, premier of state council